6 Keys to Writing Better English Essays; Point 3 to 6 Will Blow Your Mind.
Hello and welcome to learnritehere, in this very article we are talking about how to write better English Essays. As we prepare to sit for our final exams, it is only appropriate to resource ourselves. This is why we are presenting to you materials you need to build good essays.
Be it the WASSCE or BECE examinations, candidates are required to write essays on some selected topics and usually presented in the form of questions. These essays can be in the form of letter writing, stories, articles, speeches, argumentative, debate writing, etc. The most common ones we usually find are letter writing, stories, articles and speeches.
In all cases, we are expected to deliver high quality essays in order to be awarded the needed marks. Writing quality essays is very easy when you have the right skills and information to write on. Having only the information only does not solve the issues of bad essays, but being able to expand them in paragraphs is of essence.
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Hook on as we dive our way into know how to write better English essays in the upcoming exams, wish you a joyful reading.
1. The important thing to look when you are trying to write better essays is knowing the exact essay you want to write. There is an adage which goes; ‘you can’t give what you don’t have’, meaning you can’t write anything when you haven’t settled on which question to answer. Read through all the essays and settle on the one you can answer with ease. I’ve always advised students to settle on these kinds of essays; letter writing, speeches, articles and debates. These kind of essays allow you the writer to express yourself in so many ways.
2. Now after settling on which kind of essay you are to write on, it is of great importance to plan. Planning in this context means, what are the features to include in your essays. Assuming you chose letter writing or speeches; what is embodied in the writing of such essays. Ensure that they are well laid out before you begin to write.
3.The critical thing to look and for the very reason I said point 3 to 6 will blow your mind is your paragraph development. Note, what makes up your essay is how your body is built and this body is built on paragraphs. What you should do, make good use of topic sentences; each paragraph should contain one topic sentence. The topic sentence is the main idea you will build your paragraph around.
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Under no circumstance should you run through all the paragraphs using only one topic sentence. Each paragraph should have one main idea, for instance, if you raising about 4 paragraphs, each of these paragraphs should be written around one topic sentence or main idea. Writing essays in such manner makes your essays rich and lively.
4. While building your paragraphs (essays) around topic sentences, there must be oneness in each paragraph. All the sentences you write under each paragraph must be related to do with the topic sentence or the main idea. If the topic sentence is talking about broken homes, the sentences coming together to form the paragraph must refer to broken homes only. Make good use of examples and illustrations as well.
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5. In writing quality essays, make good use of simple sentences and avoid compound or complex sentences. This means every sentience you raise under your paragraphs must be complete and should make sense. In doing so, you are going to employ more full stops. A sentence like this; (My father asked that I take the books to my teacher. When I got there no one was around. It was around 6 pm in the evening.) are better than this, (My father asked that I take the books to my teacher but unfortunately when I got there no one was around and it was around 6 pm in the evening.) This is what I’m talking about; using more simple sentences makes your essay readable.
6. To write better essay, one of the things you consider is to make your sentences interactive. What do I mean by this? You next sentence should answer the possible question asked on the earlier one. Look at this example, one of the major causes of teenage pregnancy is poor parental care. The possible question you can ask on this sentence is ‘how?’ the answer to the ‘how’ should be written as your next line.
You do this throughout your entire essay, as much as possible ask questions on the sentences you raise in each paragraph. The answer you get after having asked this question is then written as your next sentence.
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Key Takeaways
- Avoid using shortcuts form of writing.
- Avoid using symbols such as &, /, instead write them in words.
- Do not copy contents from the question paper, even if a part of the comprehension answers one of the essays. You do this at your own risk. The examiner would have no other option than to award you zero.
- Desist from using contractions if you are writing formal letter, speeches, debates, articles and argumentative essays.
- Try to write legibly as it is a key to attracting the love of the examiner.
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